Slemish, County Antrim

Origin

Ir. Sliabh Mis [sleeoo mish] ‘Mis’s mountain’.

Background

11.5km ENE of Ballymena

par: Racavan bar: Antrim Lower

Slemish (437m), in the townland of CARNSTROAN, has the same derivation as SLIEVE MISH, a range of mountains which lie south-west of Tralee in Co. Kerry. According to medieval place-name lore, the Mis who gave name to the latter was a sister of Eochu (var. Eochaidh) mac Maireadha, the Munster king who gave name to Lough Neagh [(i) Slébh Mis 771].